Chris Beutler was elected Mayor in May 2007 and re-elected in May 2011. He is a
native Nebraskan, who has devoted the majority of his life to serving the City of
Lincoln, the people of Nebraska and the nation.

Chris attended Yale University, where he played safety for the Bulldog football team
and graduated in 1966. Heeding the call to public service by President John F. Kennedy,
Chris joined the U.S. Peace Corps and taught children in Turkey. Chris is a veteran of
the Armed Forces. He served in the U.S. Army, mostly in Thailand, from 1969 to 1971,
rising to the rank of First Lieutenant. After his military service, he returned to
Nebraska to attend the University Of Nebraska College Of Law, earning his J.D. in 1973.

Professionally, Chris worked in the title industry in support of Lincoln's commercial
real estate and housing markets for over 15 years. He started, grew and sold his own
business, Beutler Title Company.

As a development consultant for the City of Lincoln, Chris raised millions of dollars
for the City's Parks and Recreation Department. Beutler's work was key to the
renovation of the Sunken Gardens - restoring one of Lincoln's crown jewels.

Beutler was elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 1978, representing Central Lincoln's
28th District. He was re-elected in 1982. He returned in 1990 and was re-elected in
1994, 1998 and 2002.

During his Legislative career, Chris was a champion for campaign finance reform. He led
the effort to reduce the influence of big money in campaigns and increase the power of
Nebraska citizens at the ballot box. Beutler has been a leader on the environment,
enacting key water and anti-pollution legislation. He advocated successfully for
education finance changes that boosted state support of classroom teachers and reduced
educational reliance on property taxes. He was a strong supporter of business
incentives that improved Nebraska's business climate and led to the creation of
thousands of new jobs and new investment. He also effectuated court system
administrative reform saving Lancaster County taxpayers hundreds of thousands of
dollars.

During his time in the legislature, Beutler served as chair of the Judiciary Committee,
the Natural Resources Committee, the Executive Board, and the Performance Audit
Committee. He also served on the Education, Rules and Appropriations committees.

In the 2006 session, Beutler was instrumental in securing an additional $1.1 million
per year for City of Lincoln street building efforts. As Mayor, his aggressive efforts
to secure funding for roads and other infrastructure have continued:

The 2009 passage of the Urban Growth Bill allows bond proceeds to be used for
infrastructure needs.

Beutler created a $6 million Fast Forward Fund to help build infrastructure for
high-impact economic development projects.

Under the Mayor's direction, the City is combining $9.3 million in federal roads
stimulus funding with $6.9 million in local street funds to rehabilitate about 300
blocks of arterial streets across the City.

The Mayor's appointed a Road Design Task Force, which recommended the City consider
simplified and less costly designs for some road projects in order to stretch available
funds.

Other accomplishments of his Mayoral administration include the creation of the
Development Services Center (DSC) to help developers create jobs more quickly. The DSC
opened in the spring of 2010. He has corrected the City budget structural
imbalance with a combination of budget cuts, revenue enhancements and reorganization.
This was accomplished without increasing the City property tax rate and without closing
branch libraries, neighborhood pools, recreation centers or parks.

The Mayor has been a champion for the proposed Lincoln Haymarket Arena development,
approved by voters in May 2010. The 2008 passage of LB 912 (the Turnback Tax
Measure) will return about $700,000 per year in state sales tax revenues for the
project to the City of Lincoln.

Beutler created the Stronger Safer Neighborhoods Initiative to focus on revitalizing
problem neighborhood areas. He also launched the Cleaner Greener Lincoln initiative to
improve energy efficiency and boost the use of renewable and clean energy technologies
across the community. He also has appointed committees to tackle specific issues in the
community, such as the City Audit Advisory Board, the Impact Fee Study Committee, the
MOVE (Mayor's Opportunities for a Vibrant Economy) Council, and the Mayor's Blue Ribbon
Task Force on the Health Care Safety Net.

Chris and his wife Judy live at 7021 Fernhill Place and together have five grown
children - Lori, Alexa, Erica, Mikahla and Sam - and seven grandchildren.